Dependent Origination on Buddhist Resources

The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:29:18 +0200

The twelve nidanas are the specific application of dependent origination: a chain of conditions showing how suffering comes to be, and how it comes to an end. They are depicted on the rim of the wheel of life, and they are among the first things a student of Buddhist doctrine is asked to learn.

Conditionality in Practice

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:30:18 +0200

Dependent origination is usually presented as doctrine, and it is the most rigorous piece of doctrine Buddhism has. It is also, in the tradition’s own account, a set of instructions. This article is about the second aspect: what changes when conditionality stops being something you believe and becomes something you use.